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• GOLF RESULTS

  Tuesday Ladies

• THUMBS UP

  THUMBS UP

• In these testing Covid times, keep your dogs in control

  With Covid in the community, Taupō District Council suggests it’s best for all our dog owners to keep their pooches on a lead in spaces where they need to be, and make sure their canine companions do not run up to other dogs, or people.

• It’s time to get the garden ready because winter is coming

  While plenty of vegetables are still producing and harvest is still ongoing, there is certainly a noticeable chill in the air.

• Challenge to speed cut on highway

  A petition calling for national highways management agency Waka Kotahi NZT to rescind the decision to lower the speed limit on 76km of the Napier-Taupō Highway has been placed before Parliament.

• Simmering hotspots on SH5 beckon

  There’s a simmering hotbed of geothermal activity beneath State Highway 5. And with scientists suggesting that only 16km of terra firma separate your car tyres from bubbling magma, it’s tempting to get a little heavy-footed.

• FEBRUARY WEATHER

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• BEV BEGINNER

  It was my first time with a BEV (battery electric vehicle). In fact, it was my first time in any sort of electric vehicle. And what better way to kick off my EV experience than with a Mercedes-Benz EQA.

• Red Cross still helping by running a virtual appeal

  Her dream was to have her feet on the ground in a disaster zone somewhere around the globe.

• Championing mana motuhake

  NUKU is a collection of stories featuring 100 indigenous women aged from 14 into their mid-70s. It’s been short listed for the 2022 Okham Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. Its founder, compiler and director is award winning journalist and self-described social activist Qiane Matata-Sipu, who has just been named has been named winner of the Arts and Culture section of the 2021 Women of Influence Awards. Jill Nicholas asked her about herself and how NUKU came to be.

Featured documents

• Taupo’s rogue bore

  If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....

• Taupo’s rogue bore

  If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....

• Taupo’s rogue bore

  If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....

• Taupo’s rogue bore

  If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....

• Setting the record straight

  Vaccine-related hospitalisations are being hushed upThere are many approaches to assessing the safety of vaccines after they’re introduced. One is to collect reports of adverse events that occur after the administration of vaccines, even if the vaccine might not have caused the event. These reports ...

• CLUB NEWS

  Monday WalkersThwarted by Covid again! Our trip to the mountain and alpine walk was postponed so we made our own way to Clements Mill Rd for a day in the Kaimanawa Forest Park. After leaving the road we walked up a four-wheel drive track to an old tent site and then found the obscured junction to...

• SPECIFIC PALISADE

  Palisade is Hyundai New Zealand’s new supersized SUV. It’s 210mm longer and 85mm wider than the Santa Fe, the cheapest model only gives you $10 change from 100 grand and it’s named after an area of Los Angeles where the sand is golden and the teeth are white. You get the idea....

• Village rejects council water connection

  The Waihi Village community has turned down a Taupō District Council offer to spend $1.95 million to connect the 36-house village, marae and an adjoining lodge to a reticulated water and wastewater scheme....

• Valentine’s Day contest winners announced

  We asked for your best love stories and we were treated with a wide range of entries. From the romantic and thoughtful, to the comedic and forbidden, there was a little bit of everything....

• Ainsley’s three-year journey leaves scars

  Ainsley Tonks lost her childhood, her health and three years of her schooling to cancer....